1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: From the berkshears to the sound from wherever you live 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is Inside the Parker. You give 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 2: Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 2: forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit, 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 2: in LA. 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: I love this game. 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 3: Let's go. 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 4: Welcome into the podcast. 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 5: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and yes, we have a 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 5: spring training audition of Inside the Parker and man Ken 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 5: david Off, the former New York Post Newsday Baseball columnists 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 5: and author, has a new book, and he's gonna talk 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 5: all about his new book. 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 4: We'll also talk about. 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 6: Depending CBA situation in Major League Baseball. 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 4: He's based in New York. Of course, we'll talk about. 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 6: The Mets and the Yankees. What are expectations for both 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,559 Speaker 6: of those teams. So we'll do that and much more. 22 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: Let's go. When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived 23 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: by this motto. If I'm writing, I'm ripping. Let's bring 24 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: in a writer or broadcaster, old. 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 6: Or new Now let's welcome into the podcast one of 26 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 6: my favorite baseball writer's friend of mine, of course, Ken 27 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 6: david Off, and he has a new book, my friend, 28 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 6: one hundred and one Lessons from the Dugout What baseball 29 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 6: and softball can. 30 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 4: Teach us about the game of life. What's up, Ken? 31 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 4: How are you? 32 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 7: Robin? Is an honor to be here. It's always great 33 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 7: to see. 34 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 6: You, no doubt, no doubt. Tell me about the new book. 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 6: Sounds exciting. 36 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 4: I want to hear about it. 37 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 8: Thank you so the book you named, you said the title. 38 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 8: The book is geared toward young adults ages twelve and 39 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 8: up and their parents and their coaches, and it is 40 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 8: about the life lessons that can be learned from the 41 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 8: gig the great games of baseball and softball. And we 42 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 8: break it down into one hundred and one small chapters, 43 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 8: you know, starting with the lineup. You know, when you're 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 8: not in the lineup, how do you deal with that? 45 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 8: And translate it. 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 7: Over to walks of life. 47 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 8: My co author is a gentleman named Harley Rotbart. He 48 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 8: is a longtime parenting expert and retired pediatrician. And then 49 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 8: David Wright of the Mets delivered the forward for us. 50 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 6: Awesome, And so it takes kids through all the steps. 51 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 6: Like you just said, you're not in a lineup? Do 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 6: you mope around? Do you get involved? How do you 53 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 6: respond to that when things maybe aren't going your way 54 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 6: or in your favor, and other lessons like that. 55 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,399 Speaker 8: Yeah, one hundred more as a matter of fact, Yeah, 56 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 8: we break it down into six different sections. There's in 57 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 8: the dugout, at the plate, on base in the field, 58 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 8: yield on the mound, and extra inning. So every little 59 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 8: component of the game you can think of, we try 60 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 8: to find a true life parallel. Like like chapter two 61 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 8: is the lineup, So let's carry that over to school. 62 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 8: You know, you don't get elected school president like you wanted. 63 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 8: You know, how are you going to react to that? 64 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 8: Can you still be a contributing member of the team, 65 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 8: same idea, you know, not the lead role in the 66 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 8: school play and onward. 67 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 6: We all know those movements and those are special things, 68 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 6: definitely for kids, because everybody's not going to make the team. 69 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 6: Everybody's not going to make student counsel, everybody's not going 70 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 6: to be the get a speaking role in the school play. Like, 71 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 6: those are real life things and. 72 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 4: You can't roll up into a ball and stop living exactly. 73 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 8: Not everyone is Rob Parker and just crushes every walk 74 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 8: of life. 75 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: I don't know about that. 76 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 3: I didn't have a speaking role in the school play, 77 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 3: you know what I mean. 78 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 4: But it's all good. 79 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 6: Can we talk about obviously you covered baseball for a 80 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 6: long time. New York Post news Day covered baseball for 81 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 6: a long time, and a lot of stuff going on 82 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 6: as we get ready for the twenty twenty six season, 83 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 6: I want to pick your about both New York teams. 84 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,119 Speaker 6: We've made some changes, the Yankees not as much. Mets 85 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 6: made some big changes. But first we all know that 86 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 6: there's a pending lockout, workstoppage potentially. It's been a long time, 87 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,559 Speaker 6: and I got to say this. I know nobody wants 88 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 6: to see it, but it's pretty amazing, Kim, when you 89 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 6: really think about it. Baseball hasn't had a workstop since 90 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 6: nineteen ninety four. That's unheard of in baseball. 91 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 4: Am I right? With the history of. 92 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 8: Yeah, since Mark right, since Marvin Miller came to light 93 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 8: in the late sixties. 94 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, that is correct. That is by far the longest 95 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 7: period of peace, and. 96 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 4: So we know that that is on the horizon. After 97 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 4: the season. 98 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 6: I think the collective bargaining ends what at the end 99 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 6: of the year, but a bombshell this past week. Of course, 100 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 6: Tony Clark, somebody I covered in Detroit who played fourteen 101 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 6: big league seasons, got an unprecedented job as the leader 102 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 6: of the union, you know what I mean, as a 103 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 6: former player. Never happened before. And then he's involved in 104 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 6: a scandal, investigation inappropriate uses of funds, and then it 105 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 6: comes to light that he had an appropriate relationship with 106 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 6: someone of his immediate of his family, and just a 107 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 6: horrific story. 108 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 4: Just your first when you heard the story, your reaction, well, 109 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 4: I was shock. 110 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 8: Robert I was in their offices last week in New 111 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 8: York City dropping off some copies of this very book 112 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 8: we're discussing, and yeah, there was certainly no inkling that 113 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 8: anything was on the horizon. And this is impactful. You know, 114 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 8: we'll see, you know, I will see whether it turns 115 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 8: out to be a good thing or a bad thing 116 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 8: for the state of Major League Baseball. But this changes 117 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 8: the equation, There's no doubt about it. Elevating the number two, 118 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 8: Bruce Meyer at number one, and not having Tony there 119 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 8: as a presence. Whether you've viewed his presence as positive 120 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 8: or negative definitely changes the mix. 121 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 4: Yeah, and. 122 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 6: You know this is something that they'll have to adjust. 123 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,839 Speaker 6: As you said, they didn't of course not going outside. 124 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 6: They just going to elevate the number two guy who's 125 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 6: been in on all those meetings and their thoughts and 126 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 6: which way that they Major League Baseball wants to go. 127 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 4: So that'll be interesting. The thing that that, and I. 128 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 6: Get it, there's a lot of money to be that's 129 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 6: involved and how they want to divvy it up and 130 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 6: how they want to go about it, and a salary 131 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 6: cap from the owner's side, and players saying they'll never 132 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 6: give into that, even though you know there's like a 133 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 6: luxury tax and teams do pay like the Dodgers and 134 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 6: the match they do pay which. 135 00:06:58,920 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 4: Go to the other team. 136 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 6: And a lot of people have this argument can that 137 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 6: they want like a floor so that you have to 138 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 6: spend a certain amount of money. And I gotta be honest, 139 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 6: I've seen it in the NBA and I don't think 140 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 6: it works. 141 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 3: I don't. 142 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 4: I think if you make the. 143 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 6: Pirates have to spend a certain amount of money won't 144 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 6: get them in on getting players as much as it 145 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 6: will the players that they have, right or those players 146 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 6: will make more have to be paid more money. 147 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 4: I'm just I've seen it in the. 148 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 6: NBA where you have eighteen million dollar bench players, you 149 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 6: know what I mean, Like you have to pay the 150 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 6: money to somebody. 151 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 4: And if you're the Pirates. 152 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 6: And you can't get a school who's on a free 153 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 6: agent market or something of that magnitude, that doesn't you still. 154 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 4: Have to spend this money. 155 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 6: And there aren't any other players again, so I'm not 156 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 6: so sure about that. And the other part, and I 157 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 6: want to get your take, is when you talk about parody, 158 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 6: that's the argument, Oh, it's not fair. The last ten years, 159 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 6: and everybody thinks the NFL is the parody league. Last 160 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 6: ten years, baseball has had seven different champions the NFL 161 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 6: has had six. In what you would call the final 162 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 6: or the championship in the last ten years, thirteen different 163 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 6: teams have been involved in it, you know, World Series 164 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 6: or the Finals or whatever you want to call championship. 165 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 6: In the NFL it's been nine teams. So even with parody, like, 166 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 6: the numbers don't support it. We saw Texas win a 167 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 6: World Series, right, We saw Arizona go to a World Series. 168 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 6: The Yankees haven't won this two thousand and nine, the 169 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 6: Mets didn't make the playoffs. Last year, the Dodgers were 170 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 6: two outs away from being a billion dollar bus. Right, 171 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 6: Rojas doesn't hit that home run, there's a good chance 172 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 6: they don't win. I mean, I'm looking at it, and 173 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 6: I'm not convinced that just because everybody has the same 174 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 6: amount of money that they all are going to have 175 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 6: the same chance to win. 176 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 7: So, Roberre you a fan of the Simpsons, Yeah, I've 177 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 7: watched it. 178 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, I mean there's a very famous episode or 179 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 8: homework Simpsons says, too alcohol the cause of and solution 180 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 8: to all of life's problems. And we if we take 181 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 8: that over to baseball, we could say to show, hey, 182 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 8: Otani the cause of and solution to all of baseball's problems. 183 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 8: Because you're the data you cite. It is all accurate, 184 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 8: and I get it. But I think, as we you 185 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 8: and I are sitting here in twenty twenty six, the 186 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 8: baseball has a Otani Dodgers problem as much as it 187 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 8: is an asset because the Tani signing with the Dodgers 188 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 8: with that contract the way they structured it, and it 189 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 8: gets two million dollars, two million dollars a year and 190 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 8: the rest is deferred. He's generating so much money for 191 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 8: them at such a low current cost that they have 192 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 8: now created an empire. I know you said they're two. 193 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 8: Let me just finish the two out of even big 194 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 8: billion dollars. But first of all, I love you. They 195 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 8: would have been a bus if they lost Game seven 196 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,079 Speaker 8: of the World Series, you know, but. 197 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 3: They would have lost if they would have lost with 198 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 3: that team. I mean, like, what did we say that? 199 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, because nobody hit, Mookie Betts, didn't hit, Breddy Freeman, 200 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 4: didn't hit. 201 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 7: Ultimately, if you lose Game seven of the World Series, you're 202 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 7: not a bust you great pig short. 203 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 4: But they should have won the World Series. 204 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 7: Right, and they did it all and they did uh. 205 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 8: But that's the they've created this monster now to where 206 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 8: they you know, you talk about the luxury tax. 207 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 7: You know, they paid. 208 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 8: Kyle Tucker two hundred and forty million dollars and it's 209 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 8: essentially double that with the loxury tax, right, it's four 210 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 8: hundred and eighty. 211 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 7: So that's the question. 212 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 8: Is there a number that would have put without a 213 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 8: salary cap, but just with that put a restraints on 214 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 8: the Dodger, you know, Okay, his Tucker's contracts are to 215 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 8: forty You're gonna pay three dollars for every one dollar, 216 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 8: so it's actually seven to Like would that have shopped them? 217 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 8: What if it was four dollars dollars five dollars servery 218 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 8: dollar and maybe. 219 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 3: But what about not allowing them to do the deferment? 220 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 3: Like like, oh like that so that you can't do that. 221 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 6: So you can't shi to seven hundred million, but it 222 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 6: only counts as forty million over the next or twenty 223 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 6: million over the next ten years. 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We got the best starting five. 254 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: In the business. 255 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 9: Listen to the MLB bro Show podcast the Mixtape on 256 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 9: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 257 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 10: But even as I brought up the Mets, they spent 258 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 10: a ton of money, they did okay, And That's what 259 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:46,439 Speaker 10: I'm saying, Like, spending money doesn't guarantee you anything, and 260 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 10: I know it helps, And I know the argument used 261 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 10: to be, well, the Yankees could cover up their mistakes, 262 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 10: you know what I mean, because they had so much 263 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 10: money and they can cover up their mistakes, and other 264 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 10: teams camp. 265 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 4: But I've seen the Kansas City Royals win a World Series. 266 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 4: They didn't win forty years ago, they won in twenty fifteen. 267 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 6: You know, I can go on and other teams that 268 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 6: have put together something and have a chance. I can't 269 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 6: tell you that in the NFL, can I can name 270 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 6: you a ton of teams that haven't sniffed the Super Bowl? 271 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 6: You know, havn't sniffed it and I don't. And if 272 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 6: you have a bad GM, or you misspend the money 273 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 6: can or you don't know what you're doing, I don't 274 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 6: know if that makes it an equal playing field for everybody. 275 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 6: And I'm not I get it. I understand that something 276 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 6: has to change. 277 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 3: I'm just not cap with the floor and the ceiling does. 278 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 7: I agree with you? 279 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 8: And I think the biggest argument for a cap with 280 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 8: the floor might come from several members of the union, 281 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 8: rob because you know, you mentioned the eighteen million dollar 282 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 8: bench players in the NBA, and you follow the NBA 283 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 8: far more closer than I do. 284 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 7: But I would think those guys are pretty happy. 285 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 11: You know, right, Oh no, no, no, I'm sure they're happy. 286 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 11: But I'm just saying it's not going to make Pittsburgh, 287 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 11: you know what I mean. I don't believe a floor 288 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 11: is going to make Pittsburgh. 289 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 6: Uh, they'll, they'll be forced to spend more money, but 290 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 6: I'm not so sure how many stars they're going to 291 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 6: sign because there's a floor. 292 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 4: That's my point. 293 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 8: Yeah, I get it, but there's there's a few different 294 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 8: angles you have to look at it as and clearly, 295 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 8: if you look at the way the money has been senting, 296 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 8: you know, Juan Soto has his insane contract, Kyle Tucker 297 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 8: has his nutty contract, Otani has his. 298 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 7: But that next tier they have not grown with the sport. 299 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 7: You know that the. 300 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 8: Second tier players, even someone like Pete Alonso, who got 301 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 8: paid very handsomely by the Baltimore Orioles. You know, my 302 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 8: my post teammate Joel Sherman, who you know, he pointed 303 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 8: out like fifteen years ago that guy was Mark to Shera, 304 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 8: you know, and got paid a lot more. I know 305 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 8: Shrea is a more all round player than Alonzo, but 306 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 8: there the same conversation. So that class of player has 307 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 8: actually fallen, you know, so the top, the one percenters 308 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 8: go up. So that's why there is discussion even within 309 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 8: the union rob about could there be you know, how 310 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 8: can we get drag up the other ninety nine percent? 311 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, I just I just don't think and I understand, 312 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 6: don't get me wrong about the money for the players. 313 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 4: I don't know if that makes Pittsburgh viable. 314 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 6: I don't know if Pittsburgh is really a major league 315 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 6: talent anymore. And I just think that those are real 316 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 6: conversations that people don't want to have, you know, because 317 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 6: nobody wants to lose the team in Pittsburgh. 318 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 4: But maybe they were ken. 319 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 6: If I was a commissioner, we'd have twenty four teams, 320 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 6: and I would throw all of those players and major 321 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 6: league players back into the mix with these other teams 322 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 6: and you probably have a stronger league, you know what 323 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 6: I mean, if you had twenty four teams rather than thirty. 324 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 6: With Tampa Bay, even when they're good, can't sell tickets 325 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 6: like you could keep ignoring it. You know, they played 326 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 6: at the Yankee Spring Training. I don't know what their 327 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 6: attendance was. I don't think they sold out every game. 328 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 6: It's disappointing. And they had a good team that went 329 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 6: to the World Series, and you remember that can they 330 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 6: couldn't sell out some places I'm not sure if they 331 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 6: really are, And then you have other places that love baseball. 332 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 4: I live in LA. The Dodgers sold four million tickets 333 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 4: a year. I don't know what to tell people. 334 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 3: Those are facts. 335 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 7: No, I'm with you. 336 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 8: Let me just say, Ry have you met. You said 337 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 8: if you become commissioner, you become commissioner. I am unretiring 338 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 8: and going. 339 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 7: Back on the time. 340 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm not going to daily press conferences with Commissioner Parker. 341 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,199 Speaker 3: You know it, and I would the love of the 342 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 3: game would be the thing. 343 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 6: As you know, cannopp covered This year is my fortieth 344 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 6: year covering Major. 345 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 7: League You're amazing, You're. 346 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 6: I was in Pittsburgh in nineteen eighty six, met them 347 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 6: that team, the Mets Pirates at three Rivers, and I 348 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,959 Speaker 6: just cannot believe. And then of course it ended that 349 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 6: year with the World Series. Reason I covered the World 350 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 6: Series for the Daily News. 351 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 4: I was twenty two. 352 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,919 Speaker 6: Years old, and I can't believe forty years have gone by. 353 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 6: It's been incredible. 354 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 8: I'm flying, man, but you look great and you've accomplished 355 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 8: so much. 356 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 4: Man, I'm hanging in there. 357 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 6: All right, let's talk about the two New York teams, 358 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 6: and I'm gonna get you out of here. 359 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 3: I'm not gonna hold you. 360 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 4: I love talking baseball with you. The Yankees didn't do 361 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 4: a lot. You know. 362 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 6: They brought back Cody Bellinger, which I thought was a 363 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 6: good move because. 364 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 4: He really played well in New York. Trent Grisham. 365 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 6: A lot of people weren't that happy with that move. 366 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 6: He had a really good year for them. I don't 367 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 6: know where they would have been without him. Ken he 368 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 6: really played well at a lot of home runs. But 369 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 6: I think what people lose sight is they didn't have 370 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 6: their full pitching staff last year, and without having to 371 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 6: do that, you really are going to add right two pitchers, 372 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 6: and especially Garret Cole eventually right as an age who 373 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 6: did not pitch last year. They had the same identical 374 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 6: record as the Blue Jays and it was just a 375 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 6: tiebreaker that cost him the division. 376 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 3: But they were right there without their age. 377 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 6: I think adding him and Luis heel Right as the 378 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 6: other guy who was injured most of the year came back. 379 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 4: Was really hisself. 380 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 3: You add those two guys to what they have in 381 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:20,719 Speaker 3: the rotation. 382 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 4: I like the Yankees. 383 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 384 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 8: Look, I think the Yankees have a foundation of competence. 385 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 4: Rob. 386 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 8: I know you mentioned sixteen years without a title, and 387 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 8: there's certainly a segment of the of the fan base 388 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 8: who thinks everyone should be fired, which I think is preposterous. 389 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 8: But the Yankees have a way of figuring it out 390 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 8: of at least making the playoffs and getting in the tournament. 391 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 7: And yeah, I like what they did for Grisham. 392 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 8: I know there were concerns, why are you getting that 393 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 8: much money for a one year contract to me? Because 394 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 8: he proved he can handle New York. You know, he 395 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 8: had so many clutch hits. 396 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 4: And can you know this because you worked in New York. 397 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 6: I tell people all the time, everybody can't play in 398 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 6: New York, right, Everybody can't play, and so that's why 399 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 6: I thought the Mets made a mistake with Peter Alonzo. 400 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,919 Speaker 6: This guy can had played in New York, had some 401 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 6: of the biggest postseason home runs for them, and is 402 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 6: always available and he's your. 403 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 3: Own homegrown guy. 404 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 4: What what is the issue? 405 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 3: I'm dead serious. 406 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 8: Yeah, I think the issue was they were looking ahead. 407 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 8: They had a DH and right field Alonsota, They had 408 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 8: a DH at first base then Alonso. They had a 409 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 8: DH in left field with Nimo, and like I think 410 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 8: they felt like something's got to give here, and it 411 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,120 Speaker 8: just so happened that Alonzo was a free agent and 412 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 8: so it was a chance. 413 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 7: To move away. 414 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 8: You know, look, I look, Alonso should be regarded as 415 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 8: an all time mat I think he will. 416 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 7: Be, but that the mix in that room was not 417 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 7: working right. 418 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 8: They weren't They weren't achieving their their highest potential. And 419 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 8: you know, had it been Pete Alonzo with a long 420 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 8: term contract in not Juan Soto or Francisco Indoor, I 421 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 8: think Alonzo still be there. 422 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 7: But it was a game of musical chairs and Alonso lost. Yeah. 423 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 6: I just I don't know how you replace those home runs. 424 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,120 Speaker 6: I really I think people act like it's oh, it's no. 425 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 4: Big deal or whatever. 426 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 6: Those postseason home runs the last few years, Remember the 427 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 6: one off of Devin Williams in Milwaukee. Big a big 428 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 6: home run, opposite field blast off one of the best 429 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 6: closers in the game at the time. 430 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 7: Right, Oh, yeah for sure. 431 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 6: So okay, So Yankees, you like what they've done or 432 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 6: what they have, Yeah, they should be in the mix. 433 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 4: Right then, they're right in it. 434 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 7: And this whole idea, they're like, well, how are they 435 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 7: going to catch the blue Jays? 436 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 8: The Blue Jays smack them around like the Toronto blue Jays, 437 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 8: God bless them. They had a magical season, Like who's. 438 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 7: How do they automatically back in? You know, they have 439 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 7: a lot to prove. To me, they have more to 440 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 7: prove than the Yankees. Frankly, I agree. 441 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 6: I'm not so sold that that's going to repeat itself. 442 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,239 Speaker 6: What about Anthony u Volpi And and you know, at 443 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 6: the end of the year, we find out that he 444 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 6: was playing hurt, which makes kind of some sense because 445 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 6: he really fell off, and especially the fielding, so and 446 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 6: I know sometimes people don't want to talk about, you know, 447 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 6: being hurt and they just kind. 448 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 4: Of played through it. But where's his standing with the Yankees. 449 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 8: It's shaky Robby and he won't be ready for opening day. 450 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 8: They got a really good trade last July. This guy 451 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 8: Jose Cabaliro from the Raids. 452 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 7: He can pletic. 453 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 8: Oh, he can play, you can do you can just 454 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 8: do a little bit of everything. Uh So I assume 455 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 8: he'll be the opening day shortstop and then once Slope 456 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 8: is ready, kyb Ra can bounce around the whole field. Yeah, hope, amazingly. 457 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 8: And is his fourth major league season now, so he's 458 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 8: it's time to time to get moving. And even before 459 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 8: the injury, he's such such a streaky player, really highs 460 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 8: and lows, and obviously what you strive for is is consistency, 461 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 8: and that's what the Yankees want to see from him. 462 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 8: And yeah, I think this is you could call it 463 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 8: a make or break year for Volpi. 464 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 6: It's funny because he want to go glove, you know, 465 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 6: like like he want to go and he was awful. 466 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 6: You know how many botched double plays and not making plays. 467 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 6: I mean it was incredible to watch. You know, when 468 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 6: you lose your confidence out there, it's tough. And then Mets, 469 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 6: where are they are they going to bounce back? 470 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 7: Up. 471 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 6: They made enough changes to they don't make the postseason again. 472 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 4: I think there's gonna be some issues. 473 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 8: Here, oh for sure, for sure. I look, I think 474 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 8: they will make the postseason. Bottom line is, I think 475 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 8: they needed to blow things up, and I like what. 476 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 8: I like how things have landed. With the notable exception 477 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,439 Speaker 8: of a guy you mentioned before, Devin Williams, I think, 478 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 8: and again going back to our conversation about certain guys 479 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 8: can play New York, certain guys can't. I think Devin 480 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 8: Williams offered a lot of evidence last season on the 481 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 8: Other side of Town that he was not meant to 482 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 8: close in New York. 483 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 7: Now. 484 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 8: The thing is, I think they do have a good 485 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 8: plan B with another former Yankee, Luke Weaver. 486 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 7: I think he can handle that. But you know, how's 487 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 7: that going to play? Like? 488 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 8: Is it going to be a rough April with Williams? 489 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 8: You know, like, how how much rope do they give 490 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 8: him if he does uh fall into fall into it again? 491 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, he did pitch better at the end of the year. 492 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 7: He did a set up guys, he really did. 493 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 3: So it'll be interesting to see he has really good stuff. 494 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 4: I don't know. 495 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 6: He also was coming off an injury. I'm not making 496 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 6: an excuse. Uh, but he did he he had nasty 497 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 6: stuff in Milwaukee. 498 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 4: He won BI you know that, just just nasty. 499 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 3: Nasty stuff with the ball falls off off the table. 500 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 6: So you expect Metz and Yankees to both make the playoffs. 501 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 4: Okay, let's do one more thing. 502 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 3: Tell me about the book one more time. 503 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 4: How people can get it, uh, and. 504 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 7: That'll be great, Thank you, sir. 505 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 8: Yeah, one hundred one Lessons from the Dougout by myself, Ken, 506 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 8: David Off, and Harley Ropbart Forward by David Right. It 507 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 8: is available on Amazon, it is available at the Bloomsbury website, 508 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 8: and it should be available on a bookstore in area. 509 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 4: All right, there it is. Congratulations, mazel tov. 510 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 6: I can't wait to get a chance to read it, so, Ken, 511 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 6: thank you so much as always. And the baseball season 512 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 6: March twenty fifth, the Yankees at the Giants in San Francisco. 513 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 4: And you know I'll be there, so I'm already looking 514 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 4: forward to be here. 515 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 8: Before you know it, it's opening ripped right if I'm writing, 516 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 8: I'm ripping. 517 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 4: All right, can thanks. 518 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 7: Appreciating it, roby the best, Thanks for your time. 519 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late 520 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen. Thanking you for your time this time until 521 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 2: next time. Rob Parker out d can't Davin? This could 522 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 2: be an inside the 523 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: Parker See you next week, the same bat time, from 524 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: the same Matt's station.